Show grasshopper bait several cofone of our farmers particular ly in the west part of the valley vahey have asked us recently the formula bior for mixing up poison bait for g gass hoppers claiming that their are being damaged by b these insects calling the county agent by bv telephone we get the toll lol lowing rig to t twenty nty pounds of course coarse b bran to after the finer part of it has been sifted out at add one pound of girad ir ed ad arsenic mixing very vary thoroughly ahen 1 hen mix very thoroughly in a container t two quarts its of mo Lisses or syrup I 1 the he juice from in three oranges or an lemmons le nimons or better the entire oranges or lem lerat irons rons fine ly chopped after they are pealed and two gallons of water then pour the latter mixture over the oran bran mid and mix again very i cry through lv adding a small amount of water mer if necessary to make just a good tiff stiff mash that will 11 scatter readily thorough mixing in each instance mentioned is As very important and the bran should be as ais coane as pos poi sible able because the finer bran mi mixes up ap into a sert of dough which ia u dif fealt to scatter no results can be detected for the first day or two after the bait but after that the hoppers earn corn mence dicing daeing 1 the county agent requested us as t to anno announce also Is that his services or are available for mixing and distributing the grasshopper to those ho he will let him know set when am they b bi him th the I 1 F farm arm bureau organization will 1 I gid gladly assist t in whatever way it alyf fw can n and if a few farmers request it we 6 shall arrange to have baem mr esplin come over at an early date |